Permanent collar button



A. M. DEUTSCH.

PERMANENT COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. 1921.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

T all whom it may concern:

UNITED, sma

ADOLPH :M. nEo'rsoH, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

PERMANENT connanisurronl I neck band of a shirt, andis'of such con-.

struction as will not be injured during the laundering of the shirt.

The invention contemplates the provision' of a base plate, adapted to besewed orotherwise permanently attached to a garment, and a buttonmember/having a shank which is" hinged to said base plate so that it maybe fol ed down into the plane thereofduring the laundering process.Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described-in connection with theaccompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, andthen more specifically defined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein slmilar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout;

the several I views Figure 1 is a perspective view of the neck" band ofa shirt, showing a'collar button constructed substantially in accordancewith this invention and attached to the back of said band.' a 7 V Figure2 is a central vertical section throughthebase plate of the collarbutton drawn;to alarger scale and showing the button proper inIprojectedposition as when in use,the folded position'of said buttonbeing indicated in'dotted lines.

Figure 3. is a detailedplan view i -of the blank from which the buttonformed, and m Figure 4: is a detailed view; ofia modified formof buttonblank. I

V The base plate 1 is preferably formed of metal stamped tosubstantially the shape"il-.

lustrated in Figure 1 with a notch 2 inits lower edge and a slot 3extending along the upper end of said notch and spaced therefrom by anuncut strip or bridge member 4.

Around the margin of saidbase plate a reinforcing bead or corrugation {5is; formed in the stamping process, and suitable per;

Specification of Letters Patent.

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and shank are Patented "Apr. 11 1e22,

Application filed April 19, 1921. seriainaaeasoo: v

1. "The'button 8; ha sits shank 9"hin gedi to' the base plate by meansof a tongue'lQwhich is fben't around th e strip orbridge memberVfora'tions 6 are made inthe plateat the same time for sew ngIon-otherwse;attaching, sa d plate to the neck band 'i as shownun'Figure 4 and.extends through the slot 3, asbest shown in Figure 2. so that saidbutton may be folded down in the n0tch2, as indicated in dotted lines inFigure 2, to'lie within the plane of the base plate and be protecteddurling laundefillg y the head or corrugation 5 I I I and the materialof the neck band 7.

' l The button and shank or preferably formed integrally from a sheetmetal blank substantially of the contour illustrated in Figure Saidshank has a broad portion I 11 arranged between thetongue 10 and thereduced shank portion adjacent the button 8, said broad portion 11fitting in the notch 2 of the base plate and having lugs 13 at its innerend on opposite sides ofthetongue 10" to form an abutment against thebridge member 4 to limit theupward movement of being bent slightlyupward at aninclination to plemental portions 14 and l5jwhich are integral with each other and with the shank, 12,

portions 14 and 15 is pressed into semi-' spherical shape by suitablediesf'or other means, not shown, and the portion 15. is subsequentlybent over upon the portion 14;, also preferably by suitable dies, so asto form the theplane offthe shank forthispurpose. Thebutton 8 ispreferably formed'of two com 1 as shown in Figure 3. "[Each of saidbutton complete sphere or ball 8 shown'in Figurefi2.

It will-be noted that in Figure '3 the com-' plemental I portions of theball" extend in .line

form of blank shown in Figure 3.

' While he collar button has been'shown 105 and described as "applied tothe neck bandof a shirt, it will'be understood that it may also beusedelsewhere and' on other garments with good results; I s I lolaim: Ir V I I y p 1. Ina collar button,the'combination with 80 i i I thebutton, as shown inrFigure 2, said lugs i I with the shank of the blank.As illustrated g in Fi ure 4, complement'al ball portions 16 j may bearranged at opposite sides of;

the shank 18 so that oneof said portions may. be bent over upon theother to form the com plete ball insubstantially the same manner I asalready described in connection with the 11b a base plate having a notchin one edge and; I v a slot spaced fromthe end of said notchleav V I inga bridge member between them, of a button having a shank hinged to saidbridge member and adapted to fold into said notch, and a stop on saidshank to engage said bridge member for limiting the outward movement ofthe button.

2. In a collar button, the combination with a base plate having a notchin its edge and a slot spaced from the end of said notch leaving abridge member between them, or" a button having a shank hinged to saidbridge member and adapted to fold into said notch, said shank having atongue at its inner end bent around said bridge member and through saidslot to form the hinge connotch and adapted to fold into the latter withthe button in the plane of said corrugation for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. I

ADOLPH M. o ersee.

